תְּפִלָּה tephillah

Hebrew word for “prayer” · Strong’s H8605 · used 77 times in 70 verses

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Meaning

1) prayer; 1a) prayer; 1b) pray a prayer; 1c) house of prayer; 1d) hear prayer; 1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

How it is translated

Glosses given for tephillah in context, with how often each is used:

• prayer 76
• prayers 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (6), 2 Chronicles 6 (6), Daniel 9 (3), 2 Chronicles 7 (2), 2 Chronicles 33 (2), Nehemiah 1 (2), Psalms 66 (2), Psalms 86 (2), Psalms 88 (2), Psalms 102 (2)

Forms

• תפלתי 20
• תפלה 17
• תפלת 7
• התפלה 6
• תפלתם 6
• תפלתך 4
• ותפלתו 3
• ותפלתי 3
• לתפלת 2
• ותפלת 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tephillah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 33
• תְּחִנָּה techinnah “supplication” 12
• פָּלַל palal “to pray” 9
• רִנָּה rinnah “cry” 7
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 7
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 8
• זֶה zeh “this” 11
• קַשֻּׁב qashshuv “attentive” 4
• דָּוִד david “David” 10
• כַּף kaph “palm” 6
• תַּחֲנוּן tachanun “supplication” 4
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 8

Key verses

The verses using tephillah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 8:29 — That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken…
• 2 Kings 20:5 — Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:…
• Nehemiah 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the…
• Nehemiah 1:11 — O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and…
• Psalms 4:1 — [To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy…
• Psalms 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Psalms 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also…
• Proverbs 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 37:4 — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the…
• Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• Daniel 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.